In the District B race, Kevin Larsen was leading, with 56.7 percent, against Gail Frances, with 43.2 percent. In District F, Justin Williams was leading, with 51.5 percent, against Susan McMahon, with 48.4 percent.

The school-board race is a thumbs-up for the district’s voucher program, which the current board implemented in March and has divided the district.

The Choice Scholarship Program has been halted by a judge and is pending an appeal.

Incumbents Richardson and Williams and challenger Larsen are pro-voucher, while Meek, Reilly, Frances and McMahon are against the program.

School-board president John Carson, a representative for the pro-voucher candidates, said their victory is a mandate for their agenda to increase school choice and implement a pay-for-performance plan, which will have to come slowly after the district’s bond measure failed.

“The combined message is the voters support education reform — they just want it done economically,” Carson said.

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